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Most recent forum messagesenSat, 31 May 2014 06:33:30 GMTJive SBS 4.5.6.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/)2014-05-31T06:33:30ZenRe: I found this on my balcony in turkeyhttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46811?tstart=0#46811
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:4a16d76e-e8a1-476d-bfff-213bca1a9c6a] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Steve,</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Now I, too, am laughing at my statement. Compared with your moles and boars, my mole cricket problem is indeed trivial; I feel for you. Even smaller, I have citrus leaf miner (larvae of a small moth) in my citruses - tunnelling again. It is a good strategy - living and eating within the thickness of the leaf, protected and concealed by the cuticle on either side. It does limit the size of the adult, though (the thickness of the leaf). I wonder why mole crickets are the size they are. There's no obvious reason why they could not be smaller or larger; their particular size must be beneficial in some subtle way. I'm glad they are not the size of your boars!</span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mike<br/></span></p><p>.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:4a16d76e-e8a1-476d-bfff-213bca1a9c6a] -->Sat, 31 May 2014 06:33:30 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46811?tstart=0#46811MikeHardman2014-05-31T06:33:30Z2 years, 6 months ago0Re: I found this on my balcony in turkeyhttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46798?tstart=0#46798
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:af1fddc3-1bc6-436c-b307-47b533845f7e] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Hi</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>I am sorry but my knowledge of this great creature is poor, what I do know how is it is highly specialized as ground burrower with a hard armoured head&#160; fantasticaly adapted front feet but at the same time a strong flyer, but I am not so sure about how many lengths it can swim</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>I had to laugh with Mike's comment&#160; I have to deal with its big <span style="font-size: 10pt;">namesake, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Moles and occasional Boar, now they really make a mess&#160; </span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Steve<br/></span></p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:af1fddc3-1bc6-436c-b307-47b533845f7e] -->Fri, 30 May 2014 21:30:46 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46798?tstart=0#46798Steve Jelf2014-05-30T21:30:46Z2 years, 6 months ago10Re: I found this on my balcony in turkeyhttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46782?tstart=0#46782
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:461a810d-1c43-47a7-ac0b-818fccc4cdcd] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>It did seem cute! </p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:461a810d-1c43-47a7-ac0b-818fccc4cdcd] -->Fri, 30 May 2014 16:13:11 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46782?tstart=0#46782Chicken Sally2014-05-30T16:13:11Z2 years, 6 months ago0Re: I found this on my balcony in turkeyhttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46781?tstart=0#46781
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:763e0d9e-02eb-4693-8cd3-6abdb8e1979d] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Thanks Steve - any idea if this is a male or female? </p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:763e0d9e-02eb-4693-8cd3-6abdb8e1979d] -->Fri, 30 May 2014 16:12:07 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46781?tstart=0#46781Chicken Sally2014-05-30T16:12:07Z2 years, 6 months ago20Re: I found this on my balcony in turkeyhttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46761?tstart=0#46761
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:bf9c01d2-c3bb-4840-89fe-a6b4f3507087] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Lovely, Steve?!</p><p>'...'eye ofthe beholder' perhaps, I guess.</p><p>I'm no fan, especially since they just turned up in my veggie patch</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Mike</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:bf9c01d2-c3bb-4840-89fe-a6b4f3507087] -->Fri, 30 May 2014 10:58:53 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46761?tstart=0#46761MikeHardman2014-05-30T10:58:53Z2 years, 6 months ago10Re: I found this on my balcony in turkeyhttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46760?tstart=0#46760
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:bcd2642b-0077-4898-916e-c72138031427] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Hi</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Lovely creatures they are Mole Crickets</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_cricket">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_cricket</a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Steve</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:bcd2642b-0077-4898-916e-c72138031427] -->Fri, 30 May 2014 10:29:00 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46760?tstart=0#46760Steve Jelf2014-05-30T10:29:00Z2 years, 6 months ago50I found this on my balcony in turkeyhttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46740?tstart=0#46740
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:22364644-d471-4362-bb61-57880a87e6dc] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>What on earth is this? We found 2 swimming in the pool at a villa in Turkey but this fella was on our balcony. </p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:22364644-d471-4362-bb61-57880a87e6dc] -->Thu, 29 May 2014 17:08:03 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/46740?tstart=0#46740Chicken Sally2014-05-29T17:08:03Z2 years, 6 months ago60